Jan. 6, 2006

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Second round action of the 42nd Annual UCSB/Elephant Bar Collegiate Invitational went as predicted with six of the eight teams finishing as predicted according to the tournament seedings. Heading into tomorrow's placement matches, No. 7 seed USC over No. 6 Pacific was the lone upset in the second round. Host UC Santa Barbara will face Cal State Northridge in the third place match, and No. 1 UCLA will be defending its EBar title against No. 2 seed Long Beach in tomorrow's Championship match.

First Round Results
No. 1 Seed UCLA      3 (30-14, 30-24, 30-22)
No. 8 Seed Stanford  0
No. 2 Seed Long Beach State   3 (30-23, 30-18, 30-19)
No. 7 Seed USC                   0
No. 3 Seed Cal State Northridge  3 (30-22, 30-25, 30-18)
No. 6 Seed Pacific                  0
No. 4 Seed UC Santa Barbara 3 (30-24,30-27,27-30,28-30,15-10)
No. 5 Seed UC Irvine           2
Second Round Match-Ups
No. 1 UCLA  3 (30-23, 30-27, 30-28)
No. 4 UCSB  0
No. 5 UC Irvine  3 (30-21, 30-12, 30-20)
No. 8 Stanford      0
No. 2 Long Beach State  3 (23-30, 31-29, 30-27, 26-30, 15-8)
No. 3 Cal State Northridge 2
No. 6 Pacific  0
No. 7 USC         3 (30-26, 30-28, 30-27)
Placement Rounds
*All to be played on January 7 in Robertson Gym
7th Place - 11:00 a.m.
No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 8 Stanford
5th Place - 1:30 p.m.
No 5 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 USC
3rd Place - 4:00 p.m.
No. 3 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 4 UC Santa Barbara
Championship Match - 6:30 p.m.
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 2 Long Beach State